I give myself one "free" meal a week, and I chose to take it tonight so I don't have to cook for one! I decided to go to Whataburger...1, because I like their burgers and 2, it's right around the corner (dangerous territory, I tell ya). I'm absolutely STUFFED now. It has also made me sleepy haha. Back on the wagon tomorrow.
I have had a productive three days at work. Mostly because they have to be right now! There's SO much going on. I've got it under control. Today I got on a wild hair (hare?) and decided to have a band camp at the end of summer, before school starts. If I get the information out now, then the kids can make their arrangements. We don't have marching band at my school (no football team, so what's the point?) but, I can work with them on their summer "reading," (all-state audition material, other honor band audition material, scales, etc.) and work on rhythms, start the national anthem and knock out some easy pep tunes. I can run sectionals (possibly will bring in "experts," aka college students who'll work for cheap!) to help the students learn new techniques, better form, etc. and finally get my drumline going the way it should be. I'm kind of excited about the idea. We'll also do a lot of team building exercises. My mom suggested we have a big and little system like fraternities and sororities do. I thought that was a GREAT idea! I can also do some leadership seminars with my new band council. As I said, I'm kind of excited :) I also have the go-ahead from administration. Sweet!
Here's the food for the day...hold your laughter, please.
B: Yogurt, berries, just a little bit of sugar (starting to get used to the tang of the unsweet yogurt)
L: Taco salad (baby spinach, taco meat, black beans, salsa) and avocado
S: Tangelo and some peanuts
D: #2 combo from Whataburger with a Coke. Dayum. Did so well. But, I'm not eating this every day. I probably won't eat it for awhile, either!
So, I'm off to look through my facebook for college students who might be helpful for my band camp. Hooray!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30
Productive day again. There's just so much to do at work with a journalism event, school-wide philanthropy event, spaghetti supper, and two band contests coming up. Blah.
Food:
B: Yogurt, berries, ran out of time and didn't get to finish
S: Didn't have one...time went by...oh, wait, I had some Reese's Pieces. About a palmful then I passed the bag onto a student. They were almost too sweet but they are my favorite candy, and I don't really like candy.
L: Leftover taco salad, cheese stick
S: Peanuts
D: BBQ crock pot roast beef, twice baked potato (splurge) broccoli with butter
DS: Grapes...shouldn't have had them, made me too full
I also nibbled on the bbq until husband got home at like, 7:15. I got calls saying late, not coming, oh wait, I'm coming home now. I hate those nights.
Then, last night, he decided to snore after coming to bed and talking to me at friggin' 1:30am. I hate those nights. I booted him to the couch. He was all pissy about it, too. I can't help it that I can't sleep when you're sawing logs. Don't have a drink before bed. He doesn't snore if he doesn't drink.
Blah, again. I have a massage and a girl's night on Friday so I'm looking forward to the day off. I know we just got off spring break, but there is just SO much going on. I'm also losing Saturday to another carhop fundraiser, so I need the day off!
Food:
B: Yogurt, berries, ran out of time and didn't get to finish
S: Didn't have one...time went by...oh, wait, I had some Reese's Pieces. About a palmful then I passed the bag onto a student. They were almost too sweet but they are my favorite candy, and I don't really like candy.
L: Leftover taco salad, cheese stick
S: Peanuts
D: BBQ crock pot roast beef, twice baked potato (splurge) broccoli with butter
DS: Grapes...shouldn't have had them, made me too full
I also nibbled on the bbq until husband got home at like, 7:15. I got calls saying late, not coming, oh wait, I'm coming home now. I hate those nights.
Then, last night, he decided to snore after coming to bed and talking to me at friggin' 1:30am. I hate those nights. I booted him to the couch. He was all pissy about it, too. I can't help it that I can't sleep when you're sawing logs. Don't have a drink before bed. He doesn't snore if he doesn't drink.
Blah, again. I have a massage and a girl's night on Friday so I'm looking forward to the day off. I know we just got off spring break, but there is just SO much going on. I'm also losing Saturday to another carhop fundraiser, so I need the day off!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
It was a good day yesterday
I got a lot done at work--the day, for the most part, flew by. I even found boxes (thanks to a relative) large enough to ship off old timpani. It's not easy finding that!
You know what else isn't easy to find, at least at my grocery store? Plain, unsweetened yogurt. I thought that's what I bought last week, but it was plain sweetened. No wonder the dog was giving me funny faces last week. No wonder my breakfast yogurt and berries was so sweet...I was adding a little sugar to the berries to take the "twang" off the yogurt and the tang off the berries...I kept thinking that I had already become averse to sugar. Should have known better ;) I bought more this week, but got the right kind. I blame the husband for rushing me through the store!
Yesterday there was a typo in my post--it's 5.2 pounds, not 7.2. I wish it was 7.2! But, I'll get there. I'm keeping track of waist and hip measurements, too. I should be more careful before posting in the morning...except, here I am, doing it again.
Food yesterday:
B: Yogurt, peaches, blueberries
S: Cheese stick
L: Leftover pork kabob
S: Peanuts (totally forgot about my tangelo)
S: Grapes
D: Taco salad (taco meat, spinach, red cabbage, black beans, tomatoes, green onions, avocado, a little cheese, sour cream, and salsa. Good stuff.
Water all day.
Gotta go get ready for another productive day!
You know what else isn't easy to find, at least at my grocery store? Plain, unsweetened yogurt. I thought that's what I bought last week, but it was plain sweetened. No wonder the dog was giving me funny faces last week. No wonder my breakfast yogurt and berries was so sweet...I was adding a little sugar to the berries to take the "twang" off the yogurt and the tang off the berries...I kept thinking that I had already become averse to sugar. Should have known better ;) I bought more this week, but got the right kind. I blame the husband for rushing me through the store!
Yesterday there was a typo in my post--it's 5.2 pounds, not 7.2. I wish it was 7.2! But, I'll get there. I'm keeping track of waist and hip measurements, too. I should be more careful before posting in the morning...except, here I am, doing it again.
Food yesterday:
B: Yogurt, peaches, blueberries
S: Cheese stick
L: Leftover pork kabob
S: Peanuts (totally forgot about my tangelo)
S: Grapes
D: Taco salad (taco meat, spinach, red cabbage, black beans, tomatoes, green onions, avocado, a little cheese, sour cream, and salsa. Good stuff.
Water all day.
Gotta go get ready for another productive day!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Houston, we have weight loss
Week 1 weight loss: 2.2 pounds! Yay, me. Now, I was up about 5.2 pounds from where I am now a few weeks ago, but I managed to get that weight to come down a few notches before starting this plan.
It's too early to say much else. I can say that I have broken a weight barrier which I have been stuck behind since the summer.
It's too early to say much else. I can say that I have broken a weight barrier which I have been stuck behind since the summer.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
A new challege
Well, first I'll post what I ate this weekend--ups and downs.
Saturday:
B: Scrambled eggs w/peppers and onions and 2 pieces of bacon crumbled in
L: Hamburger, fries, unsweet iced tea from Sonic (we were carhopping and I really don't like their salads)
S: Cheese stick
D: Garlic-lime marinated chicken thighs, a ton of veggies--red onion, red and green bell peppers, yellow squash, iced tea
Sunday:
B: Nothing, wasn't hungry
L: Beef brisket w/some bbq sauce, green beans, bbq baked beans, a few bites of texas toast, unsweet iced tea
S: Cheese stick and some grapes
D: 1 pork kabob w/peppers and onions, and one mushroom (BOGO at Homeland!) and balsamic marinated grape tomatoes
I at least got in a TON of vegetables this weekend!
The new challenge...psoriasis. I have had this condition for years, since high school as far as I can remember. The patches show up and go away in various places, most notably on the backs of my knees. Recently it has really flared up and it's in some uncomfortable spots in addition to the backs of my knees. It also appears to be spreading. I am going to call my doc tomorrow, because she discovered it in some regions (I knew it was there and was treating at home, but you can only use cortisone cream for so long) and suggested if it gets worse/more annoying to give her a call. Now that it's back in other places it's driving me NUTS!!! I wake myself up scratching in the middle of the night. Husband had to make me stop one night.
I have noticed that the flare ups have really been worse after drinking. The night Husband stopped me, I had been at the birthday party with copious amounts of beer. The knee flare ups started really itching over Spring break, when I was drinking more wine than normal.
In doing some research, I found that alcohol can make psoriasis worse. Much worse. So, my new challenge is no alcohol. Not even fun alcohol on the weekends. I'm reserving it for very special occasions--birthdays, holidays, and that's it. Otherwise, it's likely to continue spreading. I also have to find some way to be less stressed out, but that's damn near impossible with the Six Flags trip looming along with our lack of money to pay for transportation.
So, wish me luck. It's not like I can't, but I do look forward to some wine on the weekends since I'm not going to be eating dessert. Oh well. Guess I'd rather not be debilitatingly itchy.
Saturday:
B: Scrambled eggs w/peppers and onions and 2 pieces of bacon crumbled in
L: Hamburger, fries, unsweet iced tea from Sonic (we were carhopping and I really don't like their salads)
S: Cheese stick
D: Garlic-lime marinated chicken thighs, a ton of veggies--red onion, red and green bell peppers, yellow squash, iced tea
Sunday:
B: Nothing, wasn't hungry
L: Beef brisket w/some bbq sauce, green beans, bbq baked beans, a few bites of texas toast, unsweet iced tea
S: Cheese stick and some grapes
D: 1 pork kabob w/peppers and onions, and one mushroom (BOGO at Homeland!) and balsamic marinated grape tomatoes
I at least got in a TON of vegetables this weekend!
The new challenge...psoriasis. I have had this condition for years, since high school as far as I can remember. The patches show up and go away in various places, most notably on the backs of my knees. Recently it has really flared up and it's in some uncomfortable spots in addition to the backs of my knees. It also appears to be spreading. I am going to call my doc tomorrow, because she discovered it in some regions (I knew it was there and was treating at home, but you can only use cortisone cream for so long) and suggested if it gets worse/more annoying to give her a call. Now that it's back in other places it's driving me NUTS!!! I wake myself up scratching in the middle of the night. Husband had to make me stop one night.
I have noticed that the flare ups have really been worse after drinking. The night Husband stopped me, I had been at the birthday party with copious amounts of beer. The knee flare ups started really itching over Spring break, when I was drinking more wine than normal.
In doing some research, I found that alcohol can make psoriasis worse. Much worse. So, my new challenge is no alcohol. Not even fun alcohol on the weekends. I'm reserving it for very special occasions--birthdays, holidays, and that's it. Otherwise, it's likely to continue spreading. I also have to find some way to be less stressed out, but that's damn near impossible with the Six Flags trip looming along with our lack of money to pay for transportation.
So, wish me luck. It's not like I can't, but I do look forward to some wine on the weekends since I'm not going to be eating dessert. Oh well. Guess I'd rather not be debilitatingly itchy.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Frisee is okay
Got back on track today. Man, I just can't drink like I used to ;) I sure put it away last night. All in good fun, all for a friend. There was a time when I pretty much refused to go out on a weeknight. I was always too tired, didn't want to see people, worried about being tired the next day at work, etc. After a year on anti-depressants, I realized how much I enjoy seeing friends, even if it's just once in awhile, and that if I'm not home by 9pm the world will not end and I will still be able to function just fine the next day. I'm no longer on the meds (didn't want to see just how much higher my weight would go, didn't feel they were helping much anymore) and I can happily say that I do go out and see people about once a week. Financially, we just can't do much more than that. If I hadn't needed to take the dog to the vet to get her stitches out, I would have done a happy hour with work friends, but another time, perhaps. I feel good about this.
Food for today:
B: Plain yogurt, strawberries, a little bit of sugar so it wasn't mind-numbingly tart
S: Cheese stick (jinxed myself...I was hungry by 8:30 this morning...don't think last night's dinner of cheese fries and copious amounts of alcohol helped matters much)
L: Chicken, shrimp and andoullie (sp?) sausage jambalaya and about 1/4-1/2 cup of the brown rice, iced tea (it had peppers, onions, and tomatoes and a little bit of heat) at Elephant Bar. I love that brown rice is an option now!
S: None
D: Seared seasoned pork chop w/pan sauce (chicken broth, butter, pan drippings), green beans, salad w/spinach, frisee, tomatoes, red bell pepper and homemade vinaigrette.
Got in lots of protein today without overdoing the cheese. Probably not enough dairy but I overdid a couple of days so it's okay.
Tomorrow I have to guest carhop so I'll have limited lunch choices. I guess I should start looking at the Sonic menu now so I can figure out what the heck I can eat!
Food for today:
B: Plain yogurt, strawberries, a little bit of sugar so it wasn't mind-numbingly tart
S: Cheese stick (jinxed myself...I was hungry by 8:30 this morning...don't think last night's dinner of cheese fries and copious amounts of alcohol helped matters much)
L: Chicken, shrimp and andoullie (sp?) sausage jambalaya and about 1/4-1/2 cup of the brown rice, iced tea (it had peppers, onions, and tomatoes and a little bit of heat) at Elephant Bar. I love that brown rice is an option now!
S: None
D: Seared seasoned pork chop w/pan sauce (chicken broth, butter, pan drippings), green beans, salad w/spinach, frisee, tomatoes, red bell pepper and homemade vinaigrette.
Got in lots of protein today without overdoing the cheese. Probably not enough dairy but I overdid a couple of days so it's okay.
Tomorrow I have to guest carhop so I'll have limited lunch choices. I guess I should start looking at the Sonic menu now so I can figure out what the heck I can eat!
Birthdays are the nemesis of healthiness
Went to a friend's birthday yesterday at a notoriously seedy bar with a signature drink and only a curtain on the toilet stall in the ladies'. My dinner was cheese fries and much later about 3/4 of a 7 layer Taco Bell burrito out of necessity. Too much beer. Too many signature drinks.
Bah.
The day was fine until then. I'm finding I'm not nearly as hungry anymore. That's kind of cool.
Gotta go to work--sleeping in those extra 15 minutes really throw me off! Happy Friday!
Bah.
The day was fine until then. I'm finding I'm not nearly as hungry anymore. That's kind of cool.
Gotta go to work--sleeping in those extra 15 minutes really throw me off! Happy Friday!
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